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James Conigrave, PhD
Researcher — Motivation, substance use and public health
I am a researcher and data-scientist in the field of addiction medicine. My interests include motivation, data-feedback, automation, and community empowerment.
Education
PhD, Psychology
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education,
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2018 - 2015
Masters of Public Health
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW
2012 - 2011
BA Psychology & B Health
Macquarie University
Macquarie, NSW
2010 - 2007
Research Experience
Research Associate
Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Health + Alcohol,
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW
Present - 2018
Research Associate, Honorary
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Malabar, NSW
Present - 2019
Research Assistant
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education,
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, NSW
2017 - 2015
Professional Experience
Health Promotion Officer
Sydney North Shore and Beaches Medicare Local
North Sydney, NSW
2014
Mental Health Coordinator
SNSB Medicare Local
Frenchs Forest, NSW
2014 - 2013
Teaching Experience
Introductory statistics workshop
Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Health + Alcohol,
The University of Sydney
Camperdown, Sydney
2018
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) workshop
Australian Catholic University
Strathfield, NSW
2016
Supervision
Teagan Weatherall
Masters Student - Auxillary Supervisor
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Present - 2019
Gemma Khodr
Masters student - Auxillary Supervisor
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Present - 2018
Committees
Australasian Professional Society of Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD)
Early-Mid Career Researchers (EMCR) Subcomittee
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Present - 2019
— Chair in 2020
R packages
JH Conigrave (2019) corx: Create and Format Correlation Matrices. CRAN. https://conigrave.com/corx
— 1,352 downloads
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2019
JH Conigrave (2019). msemtools: Routines, tables, and figures for metaSEM analyses. GitHub. https://github.com/JConigrave/msemtools
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2019
JH Conigrave (2019). papertools: Useful Tools For Writing Papers in Rmarkdown. GitHub. https://github.com/JConigrave/papertools
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2019
JH Conigrave (2017). Conigrave: Flexible Tools for Multiple Imputation. CRAN. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Conigrave
— 16,628 downloads
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2017
Accepted publications
JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, C Zheng, S Wilson, J Perry, T Chikritzhs, T Slade, K Morley, R Room, S Callinan, N Hayman, KM Conigrave (2020). Drinking risk varies within and between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander samples: A meta-analysis to identify sources of heterogeneity. Addiction (Accepted 6 February 2020)
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2020
Publications
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Callinan, S Wilson, R Room, J Perry, T Slade, … (2019). Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation. Addiction science & clinical practice 14 (1), 15
— 4 citations
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, M Al Ansari, S Wilson, J Perry, C Zheng, … (2019). Acceptability and feasibility of a computer-based application to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians describe their alcohol consumption. Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse 1-18
— 3 citations
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2019
SA Rombouts, JH Conigrave, E Louie, P Haber, KC Morley (2019). Evidence-based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: protocol for systematic review. Systematic reviews 8 (1), 1-6
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, N Hayman, C Zheng, … (2019). Patterns of drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as self-reported on the Grog Survey App: a stratified sample. BMC medical informatics and decision making 19 (1), 180
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2019
KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, J Perry, S Callinan, R Room, … (2019). Short screening tools for risky drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: modified AUDIT-C and a new approach. Addiction science & clinical practice 14 (1), 22
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2019
KH Harrison, KSK Lee, T Dobbins, S Wilson, N Hayman, R Ivers, … (2019). Supporting Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to deliver alcohol care: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open 9 (11)
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2019
HW Marsh, B Van Zanden, PD Parker, J Guo, JH Conigrave, M Seaton (2019). Young Women Face Disadvantage to Enrollment in University STEM Coursework Regardless of Prior Achievement and Attitudes. American Educational Research Journal 56 (5), 1629-1680
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2019
E Dale, PJ Kelly, KSK Lee, JH Conigrave, R Ivers, K Clapham (2019). Systematic review of addiction recovery mutual support groups and Indigenous people of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States of America and Hawaii. Addictive behaviors 106038
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2019
BK Sahdra, PD Parker, RG Craven, R Brockman, EK Devine, JH Conigrave, … (2018). Discrimination as a frame-of-reference effect in overlapping friendship communities of ethnically diverse youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
— 3 citations
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2018
J Ciarrochi, PD Parker, BK Sahdra, TB Kashdan, N Kiuru, JH Conigrave (2017). When empathy matters: The role of sex and empathy in close friendships. Journal of personality 85 (4), 494-504
— 20 citations
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2017
Pre-prints
M Noetel, J Ciarrochi, JH Conigrave, C Lonsdale (2020). Can a Brief Mindfulness Intervention Improve Sports Performance? A Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial. PsyArXiv
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2020
JH Conigrave, E Bradshaw, E Devine, J Ciarrochi, BK Sahdra (2019). The Link Between Self-esteem and Implicit Malleability Theories: a Meta-analysis. PsyArXiv
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2019
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, B Van Zanden, J Ciarrochi (2019). The Benefits of Believing You Can Change: Incremental Theories Weaken the Links Between Low Self-esteem and Negative Outcomes. PsyArXiv
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W Ryan, JH Conigrave, G Basarkod, J Ciarrochi, BK Sahdra (2019). When is it good to use wristband devices to measure HRV?: Introducing a new method for evaluating the quality of data from photophlethysmography-based HRV devices. PsyArXiv
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2019
Conference contributions
JH Conigrave, KSK Lee, K Harrison, T Dobbins, N Hayman, S Wilson, … (2019). Supporting Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to reduce the harms from alcohol. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
KSK Lee, S Wilson, JH Conigrave, J Perry, S Callinan, N Hayman, R Room, … (2019). Re-thinking how we ask Indigenous Australia to describe their drinking. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
S Rombouts, K Morley, JH Conigrave, E Louie, PS Haber (2019). Evidence based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
M Dzidowska, KSK Lee, C Wylie, J Bailie, N Hayman, JH Conigrave, … (2019). Approaches for improving practice in detection and treatment of unhealthy alcohol use in primary health care: Where are the gaps? The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD)
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Hobart, Australia
2019
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, J Ciarrochi (2017). The benefits of believing you can change: Growth mindset weakens the links between self-esteem and negative outcomes. Contextual Behavioral Science Conference
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Seville, Spain
2017
JH Conigrave, BK Sahdra, J Ciarrochi (2017). The benefits of believing you can change: Incremental theories weaken the links between self-esteem and negative outcomes. Self Conference
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Melbourne, Australia
2017
Grants
Early intervention for unhealthy alcohol use among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: using the Grog Survey App
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
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2019
S Farnbach, KSK Lee, A Eades, C Foley, JH Conigrave, S Wilson, K Conigrave, S Shakeshaft
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Better data on methamphetamines and other drugs among Indigenous Australians to inform policy and practice
National Health and Medical Research Council
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2019
KSK Lee, S Wilson, K Conigrave, T Chikritzhs, N Hayman, A Dawson, R Ali, JH Conigrave, M Fitts
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